Browsing 01. Research & Publications by Title

Value for Money Review and Social Return on Investment Analysis

Du Vivier, Ed (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016-11)

Between 2012 and 2015, COL provided financial support and other inputs for a range of processes and activities that were intended to promote the establishment of new open schooling programmes in Vanuatu and Belize, amongst ...

Versioning Guidelines - A Blueprint and Toolkit for School-Based Teacher Development: Secondary

Moon, Bob (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-08)

The Versioning Guidelines have been developed to help in creating a version of the Blueprint and Toolkit for School-Based Teacher Development: Secondary for certain contexts, providing the opportunity to influence the ideas ...

Video interview with Sir John Daniel, former President and CEO, Commonwealth of Learning by France 24 International News

Daniel, John; Perelman, Marc (France 24 International News, 2012-07)

Marc Perelman meets Sir John Daniel to talk about the open educational resources movement. It’s an initiative that provides online teaching, learning, and research resources but also helps developing countries improve ...

Video Message for the 46th National Student Commonwealth Forum 2018

Kanwar, Asha (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2018-04-29)

Video opening address by Professor Asha Kanwar, President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning, at the 46th National Student Commonwealth Forum, Ottawa, Canada, 29 April – 4 May, 2018.

Video Message for the 47th National Student Commonwealth Forum 2019

Kanwar, Asha (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-04-27)

Video opening address by Professor Asha Kanwar, President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning, at the 47th National Student Commonwealth Forum, Ottawa, Canada, 27 April – 3 May, 2019.

Video Message for the National Student Commonwealth Forum

Kanwar, Asha (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-04-26)

A video message delivered by Professor Asha Kanwar, President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning, for the National Student Commonwealth Forum, 26 April 2017.

Video Series for Open Education Week

Daniel, John; Ferreira, Frances; Lesperance, John; Umar, Abdurrahman (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2012-03)

COL videos prepared for Open Education Week, 5 - 10 March 2012 (Worldwide): 1) Getting Governments to Back OERs: A joint COL-UNESCO project; Sir John Daniel (duration: 5:36) // 2) Mission Accomplished: What Next?; Frances ...

Video/Videoconferencing in Support of Distance Education

Stilborne, Linda; MacGibbon, Peter (2001)

Video is an increasingly important part of many distance education programmes, as it provides a visual and auditory context for learning. The necessary equipment need not be prohibitively expensive and the range of options ...

Virtual Conference on Skills for a Resilient Youth: Virtual Conference Report

Neal, Terry (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-07-15)

The Commonwealth of Learning collaborated with UNESCO-UNEVOC to organise a virtual conference on skills for resilient youth to mark World Youth Skills Day on 15 July 2020. The conference was held several months into the ...

The Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth

West, Paul; Daniel, John (Routledge, 2009)

The Virtual University for the Small States of the Commonwealth was conceived by Ministers at their triennial Conference of Commonwealth Ministers of Education in 2000. The Commonwealth of Learning was asked to investigate ...

A Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC)

Commonwealth of Learning (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2003)

The Commonwealth Ministers of Education, at their meeting in Halifax, November 2000, directed The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) to develop a proposal for a virtual university to particularly serve the small states of ...

The Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC)

Commonwealth of Learning (2018-11)

VUSSC brochure: By expanding access to learning, VUSSC enables small states to become active contributors to global development and leaders in educational reform through the innovative use of information and communication ...

The Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC)

(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020)

The Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC) is a robust network of small states committed to bridge the digital divide including the collaborative development and sharing of free content resources ...

Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC)

(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-10)

The Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC) is a network of small countries that work together to develop and share free content for post-secondary, skills-related courses in areas such as ...

The Virtual University for the Small States of the Commonwealth – the First Nine Years

West, Paul (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2009-09)

The Virtual University for the Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC) is an initiative that was created by the Ministers of Education of Small States. The Ministers approved the initiative for implementation at their ...

Virtual University for the Small States of the Commonwealth: Evaluation - Interim Report

Dunlop, Catherine C (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2008-06)

A report detailing and evaluating the Virtual University of Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC) programme activities coordinated by the Commonwealth of Learning.

Virtual University for the Small States of the Commonwealth: Monitoring & Evaluation Update

Dunlop, Catherine C (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2008-09)

This Monitoring & Evaluation Update Report for the Virtual University for the Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC) is intended as a companion document to the VUSSC Interim Evaluation Report (June 2008). This report ...

Vocational Education and Training through Open and Distance Learning

Moran, Louise; Rumble, Greville (commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver and Routledge, 2004)

The world needs workers with more and better skills. Conventional apprenticeships and old methods of professional training are not providing enough skilled workers, so governments, companies and colleges are all using open ...

Water Safe: An Introduction to Water Quality Issues

Williams, Elizabeth (commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 1994)

A coursebook for a self-study programme that will help in the understanding of the importance of good, clean, and safe water in everyday lives, but particularly when used in the preparation of food.

A ‘Watershed’ for Educational Transformation: Deployment of Carpe Diem Learning Design Methods in a South African Context

Salmon, Gilly; van der Merwe, Antoinette; Schoonwinkel, Arnold (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-07-20)

This action research project describes the application of a large-scale collaborative learning design method to a major educational transformation programme at a South African university. Our findings determined that Carpe ...